I could go on for decades about the reasons why Obama’s new budget proposal is highly irresponsible. But instead of focusing on the insane amount of spending and the shocking deficit levels, I’m going to focus on one of the few things that Obama actually cut.
Barack Obama, in his infinite wisdom, cut the one program that truly gives us a chance at near unlimited amounts of clean energy fuel.
It’s not a coincidence that countries like Russia, China, and India will be racing to the moon this century. They’re not going for the good of science. They’re not going for the sake of national pride. They’re not going to push the limits of technology.
They’re all going for helium-3.
Helium-3 is a non-radioactive isotope that is made out of two protons and one neutron. While it’s hard to find on Earth, it’s scattered all over the moon. It is the magic fuel that we’ll need soon.
No matter how deeply some people in this country and Western Europe want to hug big windmills, our future energy source will not come from thousand-year-old technology. It will come from nuclear fusion reactors. This reality might be 50 years away, or it could be half of that. That’s why it’s so important for us to start preparing now.
One space shuttle full of helium-3 would be enough to power the United States for one year. If we have to buy this stuff off of the Russians, not only will it cost us hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars, it would put our entire future energy supply at risk.
If Obama really wanted to save the planet from excess CO2 emissions, he wouldn’t cut the one thing that actually gives us hope for clean, abundant energy. The President explodes the budget and deficit for as far as the eye can see, and he cuts the one thing that is most needed – our moon program.
Bad move Barack Obama. Stupid. Short-sighted. Naive. Unbelievable.
Perhaps the President needs to focus less on spending all future generation’s wealth today, and needs to start focusing on what’s ahead. Put down the law book and pick up a science magazine for a change…
